Preliminary Data Analysis:
Youtube has developed as a creative idea to share videos, and expressing to others the meanings that those videos hold on us as people. As a manifestation of our frustration with the limitations of the written word, it has focused on using verbal communication to express the range of human emotions. It also has heightened our perception of self, and how we present our selves authentically or using the alternate masks, stages, or facets of our possible personalities. Individuals are using Youtube as an outlet for communication, emotion, creativity, etc. Becoming popular on youtube, such as creating a viral video, or working the system has lead youtube success offline as people find opportunities, fame, shame, jobs, or any range of impacts on everyday life.


Fieldnotes:
I want to pull data from our youtube work and work it together to illustrate youtube, to explain why we tube, what it means to us , and how it structures how we communicate.
Youtube Statistics ,YouTube Uses , Biases of YouTube Insights, Communication Structures
Also, using the research videos from last years class tooto start and try to take their insights and research a step further and create a mashed-up.

• Reasons "Why we Tube?" : a recap of the responses to boh3m3 video asking "why you tube?". Reasons: escape reality, addicted, fame, self expression, authenticity, boredom, creativity, like watching, fun, connection, help, share emotions/feelings or life's ups and downs, encouragement
• History of YouTube : began as an idea =>Feb 15 2005 => Youtube => community and movements of user generated content 2006 invention of the year, story of people Google bought it
• The internet has a face : , heart, and humanity. The interaction of people as that navigate this new medium and find new ways of presenting themselves, illustrating the range of human emotions such as compassion and sympathy, the ability to change the world and oneself, and the ability to learn from others
• Acoustic Space : impact of literacy in creating a visual world until the entrance of electronic technology => world is becoming acoustic as we revert back to using sound to communicate. What about the digital access divide across the world? the structures of youtube as we create community
• YouTube and Popularity : impact of featured and search, getting famous because connected to a different video, then tips for gaining popularity: passion, camerawork, fun, genuinely entertaining. Looking for subscribtions: yay or nay?
• Global Community : where do people youtube from? => everywhere; Free Hugs Campaign story and global movements
• Authenticity on the Tube : discussion of the backlash of lonelygirl15 and how it ruptured conceptions of reality and fiction, and the ideas surronding production ( I vs trained production team?), and discussion of wearing masks and playing roles, suspision of frauds or real people.

Spilling offline: lonelygirl15, mwesh, boh3m3, finding jobs(thepoasm), fame, freehugscamgaign, the evolution of dance, where the hell is matt (mattharding2718), political movements, scandals, rickrolling (valid looking link sends you to rick asley singing). dog crap girl, one gathering, youtube party sharing favorite videos with friends,